How to Open Inventory in Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5

01The quick route from normal gameplay

1. Return to ordinary gameplay rather than an active dialogue or another modal screen.
2. Press R2 to bring up the main menu radial.
3. Use the stick to highlight Character Sheet.
4. Confirm with the on-screen selection prompt, normally X on the default PS5 layout.
5. Navigate the equipment and inventory areas using the prompts shown on that screen.

If you have remapped buttons through accessibility settings or changed a control option, follow the current on-screen labels. A guide should help you recognise the destination, not make you ignore a layout you deliberately customised.

I would learn the name “Character Sheet” first. Looking only for a button labelled Inventory can make a straightforward menu feel hidden, especially when you are moving from a PC guide.

Make sure the correct character is selected before you reorganise anything. An empty-looking panel can simply belong to a different party member from the one who picked up the item.

02Why there are several radial menus

The controller interface divides different jobs across menus. The main radial provides access to broad screens such as the character sheet and journal, while action radials put usable actions, spells and items within reach during play.

Larian's controller interface explanation describes this distinction and the use of trigger-based access. The full character screen and a quick-use radial should not be treated as interchangeable.

This separation becomes useful once you stop trying to do every job through the same wheel. The quick-use menu is good for actions; the inventory screen is better for reviewing what a character carries.

03Find an item before assuming it disappeared

Start by checking the selected character, then any active sorting or filtering. A changed view can hide the category you expect to see, while a different party member may hold the object.

Next, inspect relevant containers or storage destinations you intentionally used. Avoid assuming that an item visible somewhere in the party is carried by the currently selected character. Ownership and location are the first questions.

I would inspect a small set of recent items before making a large reorganisation. That makes it easier to learn the controls without losing track of where everything went.

04Use the prompts for item actions

Highlight an item and read the controls shown for available actions. Equipping, using, moving and examining an item are different operations. The right action depends on what you intend to do and on the item itself.

Do not follow a PC instruction literally when it says to press I, Tab or right-click. Those describe a keyboard-and-mouse interface. On PS5, use the character screen and its controller prompts to reach the equivalent task.

For multi-selection, sorting and context menus, trust the current in-game prompt over an old button list. Controller shortcuts have changed during the game's patch history. Memorising an outdated guide can create a problem that the current interface already explains.

Before a large batch action, try it on one unimportant item and confirm the destination. This is an organisational recommendation, not a claim that every item can be moved or used freely in every situation.

05A small inventory routine that stays manageable

I would sort inventory during a quiet part of a session rather than while the group is waiting for an important decision. First inspect new equipment, then decide what needs to remain accessible, and only afterward move items you do not need immediately.

Use a consistent reason for where you place things. For example, distinguish items you intend to inspect later from items you already understand. The exact system is less important than being able to predict where you put an object.

Read tooltips before discarding or selling unfamiliar items. An item that looks unimportant at a glance may have a purpose you have not understood. When uncertain, postpone the irreversible decision rather than turning inventory cleanup into guesswork.

In multiplayer, communicate before reorganising items that affect another player. A technically successful transfer can still be frustrating if a companion expects an item to remain where it was.

06If R2 does not open the expected menu

First exit other open screens and try again in ordinary gameplay. If you are in dialogue, a cutscene or another restricted interaction, the available controls may not match the normal exploration layout.

Then check controller remapping and the game's displayed control scheme. If the trigger works elsewhere but behaves differently in this game, that observation points toward context or configuration rather than an immediately obvious hardware failure.

Save normally when possible before restarting a problematic session. Check for the game's available updates through the console interface. Do not delete campaign data as the first response to a menu problem.

If the problem persists, record the game version, whether the campaign uses mods, the current game situation and the exact input that fails. A short clip showing the menu behaviour can be more useful to official support than a broad statement that inventory is broken.

08Learn the destination, then the shortcuts

Use R2, choose Character Sheet, and inspect the selected character's items. Once that route is familiar, learn the current sorting and item-action prompts one at a time. The interface becomes much easier when each radial has a clear job.